From the Ancient Pages of InQuest - X-Files CCG Articles and Ads

Hello, fellow X-Files CCG fans. I have a treat for you. There are some who might remember these images from the days when the game was new and the hype surrounding it was huge. For the rest of you, well, here's a sort of introduction to the history of this game.

Firstly, I'll offer some background on the publication from which I nabbed these articles, ads, and random images. InQuest was a gaming magazine from the 90s in which various games were reviewed and written about in excessive detail (especially the old standby, Magic the Gathering). It mostly covered CCGs which pretty much ruled gaming in that much-missed decade of faded jeans, grunge, The X-Files, paranoia, conspiracies, and quality Nickelodeon programming. To be honest, the issue from whence came these items (the May 1997 issue) is the first issue of InQuest I've ever owned. I bought a few issues of Scrye back in those days but was never able to purchase InQuest. I was fairly poor for a gamer, what with being a child and all, but I digress.

Here, now, are the images and articles as I promised:

Here's the magazine's review of the game. 

Here's some news on the first expansion and a reference to the never-released "Scully Set."

More review material on the game and even a bit of a Battletech CCG image (another great game)

The magazine's price guide entry for The X-Files CCG (as of May 1997)

A full-page ad for the game with Ultra-Rare "Dana Scully, Abducted"